Eastside Culture Crawl invites the public to visit studios in east Vancouver for the weekend of November 26th, 27th and 28th. (Friday 5-10 pm, Sat and Sun from 11-6 pm) Our studio is located in the heart of Strathcona, at 800 Keefer street. Entrance on Hawks avenue, look for the yellow balloons, the yellow door and the crow mosaic on the door!This year i am showing a range of recent wood and linocuts (images for some here) as well as small paintings on Mylar from a recent trip to Italy. Esther is featuring recent C-prints from a series on Migrations as well as some double-exposed prints from Celestun, Yucatan. Please come and visit.

Oct 2, 2010

Images of the ceremony to inaugurate the mural, September 2010.For a panorama of this mural, view the dramatic photos at: http://www.urbanaboriginal.org/images/360/MuralShot360.htmlor follow the links at www.urbanaboriginal.com to'Through the Eye of the Raven' panorama

Aug 14, 2010

Through the Eye of the Raven mural will be launched in a traditional native ceremony this week. Including dance, a blessing of the wall by Latash (Maurice Nahanee), a reading by poet Nicola Campbell , and a chance to meet the mural artists, this event will launch this landmark mural on Hastings Street.The Orwell Hotel's art gallery, coordinated by Vancouver Native Housing Society, will also be open during the event, profiling studio works by the mural artists.

Aug 9, 2010

Through the Eye of the Raven, a mural for the west-facing wall of the renovated Orwell Hotel on Hastings Street, covers close to 8000 square feet, and is likely the largest mural in Western Canada. The collaborative mural is visible from various locations in Vancouver. Attached are some updated photos of the work in progress.

A mural launch, which is open to the public, will take place on August 19th at 10:30 am at 456 East Hastings. Follow the signs to the event.This event will also profile the new gallery space that will be set up on the main floor of the Orwell Hotel, to showcase urban aboriginal artists working in Vancouver.

Jun 27, 2010

A collaborative mural designed with urban aboriginal artists based in Vancouver Canada, this mural will be more than 7500 square feet. Located at 456 East Hastings, it will cover six stories of the west-facing wall. Painting begins soon.

Installation of Idea of North-Visual Variations exhibit in Merida, Mexico March - April 2010. The 80 meter series of 13 mixed media works on Mylar were installed at the Galeria Peon Contreras in Merida, Mexico. It will next be shown in Ontario, Canada.

In 2009, I coordinated Eastside Mural Projects, a series of four large-scale public murals commemorating aspects of Vancouver’s multicultural communities.Covering over 8000 square feet, the murals were painted by more than fifty participants over a 4-month period in the spring and summer to mark the 100th anniversary of Britannia High School. The murals are located in various locations in East Vancouver. This includes the Russian Hall, at 600 Campbell Avenue in Strathcona, on the Adanac Bike route, at 2nd Ave. and Commercial Drive (Fratelli Bakery) and at Britannia Community Centre. More background information can be found at www.eastsidemurals.com

This year, I am overseeing another large mural collaboration in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. Located on the west wall of the refurbished Orwell Hotel on Hastings, this 7,000 square foot mural will reflect the Urban Aboriginal community. Updates on this project soon.

Exhibitions, 2010:

‘Idea of North- Visual Variations’ (‘Norte-Un Concepto-Variaciones Visuales’) was inaugurated at the Peon Contreras Gallery in Merida, Yucatan in the spring of 2010. An 80-meter multimedia frieze, this traveling exhibit is by seven artists from La Raza Artists Canada. It integrates painting, drawing, printmaking, text and photography on Mylar ground, reflecting the collective artists’ perspectives on the north. This is the fourth Mexican project that i have participated in, continuing the focus on collaborating on large projects with an international scope.Photos from the opening and the works in this exhibition are attached.

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Meet Richard

I am a painter, print-maker and muralist working in Strathcona, Vancouver, Canada. My studio work includes relief prints, especially large scale woodcuts, mono-prints,acrylics and mixed media. I am a member of the Canadian-based La Raza Group, and founder of Eastside Mural Projects and Creative Community Collaborations. My work can be seen in my studio, at 800 Keefer Street, in Strathcona, and through D'Or Art.com, Celia Duthie Gallery (Saltspring Island),Malaspina Printmakers (Granville Island), Elevations Gallery, Canmore, Alta, and Thielsen Gallery (London, Ont).